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An east London music studio used by some of the world's biggest pop stars has become the target of a furious hate campaign after installing a controversial sculpture of Michael Jackson.

The sculpture shows the moment Michael Jackson dangled his son from a windowThe piece of artwork, named Madonna and Child, is a life-sized model of the King of Pop and son Prince Michael II, depicting the famous moment in Berlin in 2002, when Jackson dangled his baby out of a window.It currently sits in the window of The Premises Studios where Arctic Monkeys, Amy Winehouse, Al Green and Nina Simone have all recorded.

Michael Jackson dangling his struggling baby son from hotel balconyThe sculture, created by Swedish-born artist Maria von Kohler, is getting hate mail and threats from angry Jacko fans.True to the original incident, the life-size statue leans dangerously out of a high window at the studio - 20ft above the ground.Web surfers are using forums to blast the work.One described it as: "The most outrageous sick thing that could have ever gone on in the city of London."

Last week Mohammed al Fayed unveiled a statue of the late singer outside Fulham FC, which he owns, as a tribute to the singer.